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The Alamo
The Alamo in me
The animal
The animal instinct
"Desperate Andy"
Banana, banana, banana, banana
Da na na, da na na, da na na, da na na
"Desperate Andy"
He used to cut writing paper.
He used to collect writing paper.
A totally amazing mind
So understanding and sublime.
A totally amazing mind
So understanding and so kind.
All my life is checking every day
All my life is changing every day
And they'll come true
Possible attitude, possible attitude.
And they'll come true
Impossible not to do, impossible not to do.
Dare to come true
Possible attitude, possible attitude.
And they'll come true
Impossible not to do, impossible not to do.
Don't mind dreams.
And oh, my dreams.
I want more, it's possible to ignore
It's possible to ignore
And they'll come true
It's possible not to do
I want more, impossible to ignore
Impossible to ignore
And they'll come true
Impossible not to do
Impossible for Igor
Impossible to ignore
Impossible to Eeyore
or
Impossible for Eeyore
Impossible to ignore
Impossible to get more
Impossible to ignore
Impossible to give up
Impossible to ignore
In there comes dreams
Impossible adjective.
And they'll come true
Impossible not to do.
Oh my, my, it's changing every day
Oh, my life is changing is every day
Opossum says to ignore
Impossible to ignore
Possible not to dig
Impossible not to do
Taking every day
Is changing every day
Then I open up and see
Percival, and here is me.
Then I open up and see
The person fallin' here is me.
You're a dream, Timmy
You're a dream to me
"Electric Blue"
Domino, domino meus
Domino, I do, ah he
Domino, domino deo,
Domino, I do, I do, ah he, eh, he, eh, he, eh...
Domine, Domine Deus
Domine, adiuva me
Domine, Domine Deus
Domine, adiu- adiuva me, eh, me, eh...
"Forever Yellow Skies"
Borderline, are you in there, borderline?
Morning light, I remember morning light.
"Forever Yellow Skies"
Boring life, I live a boring life.
Morning light, I remember morning light.
But livers and juice
Or I will not live at all.
I'll live as I choose
Or I will not live at all.
I pee to the side
I pee to the side...
I'm free to decide
I'm free to decide..
I'm freakin' inside, I'm freakin' inside..
I'm free to decide, I'm free to decide..
My free titty died
I'm free to decide
Return to where you drown.
Return to where you dwell.
Three tittes eye
I'm free to decide.
To Hell with your brother Mike
To Hell with your narrow mind
To Hell with your pantomime.
To Hell with your narrow mind.
This is not Hollywood die
I understood, is not Hollywood die, die, die.
This is not Hollywood-like
I understood, is not Hollywood like, like, like.
"I Can't Be With You" (MP3)
'Cuz you have no hair.
'Cuz you're not here.
"I Can't Be With You" (MP3)
I wanna be the mother of your Toyota.
I wanted to be the mother of your child.
"I Can't Be With You" (MP3)
I wanted to be the mother of your toyota
Now it's just farewell
I wanted to be the mother of your child but
Now it's just farewell
"I Can't Be With You" (MP3)
I wanted to be the mother of your toyota
I wanted to be the mother of your child
"I Just Shot John Lennon"
I just shot the lemon.
I just shot John Lennon.
A squirrel up a tree
I swore I would be true
A squirrel would be true
I swore it'd be true
Babies would be so confused.
Things wouldn't be so confused.
But I need something
But I'm in so deep
But I need sunscreen
But I'm in so deep
But I was not, I was not...
But I was wrong, I was wrong...
But I was robbed, I was robbed...
But I was wrong, I was wrong...
But I'm in the Simpsons
But I'm in so deep
But a mink's so you
But I'm in so deep
But it’s just an additive
But it’s just your attitude
But it’s just your latitude
But it’s just your attitude
But you always ruin you
I just want to be with you
And I meant something.
But you always really knew
I just want to be with you
But I'm in so deep.
But you always rule with you
I just wanna be with you.
But you always really knew
I just wanna be with you.
Do you have to let in labour?
Do you have to let it linger?
Do you have to live in danger?
Do you have to let it linger?
Do you have to love your neighbor?
Do you have to let it linger?
This song is often played on muffled speakers in department stores so it's really hard to tell what the words they're singing actually are.
Do you have to pull my finger?
Do you have to let it linger?
Do you have to spit and angels?
Do you have to let it linger?
Do you have to believe in rainbows?
or
Do you have to let it lay there?
or
Do you have to smell my finger
or
Do you have to wet your finger
or
Do you have to suck my finger?
or
Do you have to suck my finger?
Do you have to let it linger?
Don't let me paint
Don't let it fade
I swallowed goo with you.
I just want to be with you.
I swore I would protrude.
I swore I would be true.
I swore, I swore I would be true
And have 'n sown with you.
I swore, I swore I would be true
And honey so did you.
I'm searching food for you
I'm such a fool for you
I'm such a food to you.
You've got me roger roger roger roger...
I'm such a fool for you.
You've got me wrapped around your finger
It's ruling everyday.
It's ruining ev'rything.
Oh, I thought the worst of you.
I thought happiness was wrong,
But I was wrong, I was wrong.
And I feel so used. If you, if you could get by
Trying not to lie,
Things wouldn't be so confused,
And I wouldn't feel so used,
But you always really knew I just want to be with you.
Oh I thought the world of you
I thought nothing could go wrong
But I was wrong, I was wrong
If you, if you could get by
Trying not to lie
Things wouldn't be so confused
And I wouldn't feel so used
But you always really knew I just want to be with you
You got a crap upon your finger
You got me wrapped around your finger
You got me Roger Roger thing gah ah ah
You've got me wrapped around your finger... aaaaaahhh.
You got me warped around a wringer ahar-ahar.
You've got me wrapped around your finger.
You got me wrapped around your finger, ah, ha, ha
Do you have too many fingers?
Do you have too, do you have too
Do you have too many fingers?
You got me wrapped around your finger, ah, ha, ha
Do you have to let it linger?
Do you have to, do you have to
Do you have to let it linger?
You know I'm a poo for you
You know I'm such a fool for you
You know I'm just a food for you
You know I'm such a fool for you
You know I'm searching food for you
You know I'm such a fool for you
You know I'm searching foods for you
You know I'm such a fool for you
You know I'm searching fools for you.
You know I'm such a fool for you.
You know I'm searching for a friend
You know I'm such a fool for you
You know I'm searching pools for you.
You know I'm such a fool for you.
You know I'm such a food for you
You know I'm such a fool for you
You know I'm such a fool, oh yeah
You know I'm such a fool for you
You've got me raped by your finger.
You've got me wrapped around your finger.
You've got me wrapped around your finger and arm.
You've got me wrapped around your finger... aaaaaahhh.
My father, my father he'd bite me
Oh he'd bite me
Is anyone scared?
My father, my father he liked me
Oh he liked me
Does anyone care?
My father, my father, he lied to me
My father, my father, he liked me
My father, my father, he liked to be.
My father, my father, he liked me.
My father, my father, he raped me
And I liked it
Does anyone care?
My father, my father, he liked me
And he liked me
Does anyone care?
Words when I was young
Where's when I was young
'Cause we were late
'Cause we were raised
'Cause we were raised
To see life as butter take it if we can
'Cause we were raised
To see life as fun and take it if we can
And how as I dare
Does anyone care?
Does anyone dare?
Does anyone care?
Does anyone share?
Does anyone care?
We didn't give a dare
We didn't give a damn
You wouldn't disappear
You wouldn't disagree
Played, played
or
Play, play
or
Pray, pray
Prayed, prayed
Why can’t you sing?
Why can’t you stay?
"Ridiculous Thoughts" (MP3)
Figure it out, my cries are barred.
I feel all right, but I cried so hard.
Dalmatians, Dalmatians, Dalmatians are green
Salvation, Salvation, Salvation is free
Sally Jones, Sally Jones
Salvation Salvation
Salvation, salvation, salvation, the dream
Salvation, salvation, salvation is free.
Starvation, starvation, starvation is free.
Salvation, salvation, salvation is free.
Tie your kids up to their beds
Cleave their heads
Tie your kids home to their beds
Clean their heads
Tired kids don't do their beds,
clean their heads
Tie your kids home to their beds,
clean their heads
Tired kids go to their beds,
bleed their heads.
Tie your kids down to their beds,
clean their heads.
To all the parrots with sleepless eyes
To all the parents with sleepless nights
"The Rebels"
He was a doctor
It wasn't often
"The Rebels"
He was a donkey.
It wasn't often.
"The Rebels"
He was adopted, and we partied
It wasn't often that we'd fight at all
"The Rebels"
It was a nutmeg
It wasn't often
"The Rebels"
It was an off day.
It wasn't often.
"The Rebels"
It was an off-day, that we parted on.
It wasn't often that we'd fight at all.
"The Rebels"
It was enough then that we partied on.
It wasn't often that we'd fight at all.
"The Rebels"
It wasn't out there that we partied.
It wasn't often that we'd fight at all.
And resave you
Faith will save you.
I don't think it's going to happen anymore
You took my tarts from me
Now I want nothing more.
I don't think it's going to happen anymore
You took my thoughts from me
Now I want nothing more.
"Wake Up And Smell The Coffee" (MP3)
Shatter, shatter, shatter, shatter!
Shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up!
"Wake Up And Smell The Coffee" (MP3)
She's so bored just, I'll do anything
She's so bored just, I'll lose everything.
She's so gorgeous, I'll do anything
She's so gorgeous, I'll lose everything.
Anonymous adds: "Many lyrics web sites have it incorrectly listed as "she's so bored just" even though it doesn't make any sense."
Dreamin' in the summer, standing
Too many misunderstandings
And in the day, everything's cold cuts.
And in the day, everything's complex.
And in the day, everything's cold cuts
And in the day, everything's complex
And in the day, everything's compact.
or
And in the day, everything's corn flakes.
And in the day, evrything's complex.
Do-gooder
or
You better
or
You better
Do ba da
John Butler
William Butler
Your mother
William Butler
You mean the world to me, and I would never be
Dwelling in such happiness, your gift of purity.
You revealed a world to me and I would never be
Dwelling in such happiness, your gift of purity.
And A-bomb
And their bombs
And the boil, it causes soylents.
And the violence caused such silence.
And the violence causes silence
Who are we mistaken?
And the violence caused such silence
Who are we mistaken?
This misheard lyric comes from the first verse. To be fair, the lyric in the second verse is "When the violence causes silence/We must be mistaken."
And their gongs
And their guns
Dee dah day, dee dah day
Someday, someday.
In your head, in your head,
Zombie, Zombie.
Doggie, doggie
Zombie, zombie
E.R.A., E.R.A.
In your head, in your head
In baseball, E.R.A. stands for Earned Run Average.
Eat your hair, eat your hair.
In your head, in your head...
Eat your head, eat your head, you and me.
In your head, In your head, Zombie.
Eating our head, eating our head.
In your head, in your head
Eating your head, eating your head...
In your head, in your head
Now the lyric make a whole sense
Eearhay, eearhay, salami, salami
In your head, in your head, Zombie, Zombie.
Eeyore says, Eeyore says, they are dying
In your head, in your head, they are dying
Filia haec, Filia haec (this daughter) Salve! salve! salve! (hello!)
In your head, in your head Zombie, zombie, zombie
Hi-a-hee-hee, hi-a-hee-he-he-hee
Salve, salve, salve
In your head, in your head
Zombie, zombie, zombie.
Ideo here, ideo-here
In your head, in your head
If you think violence, causes silence, You are Steve Mustakis.
And the violence caused such silence. Who are we mistaken?
In your hair, in your hair, stop it, stop it.
In your head, in your head, Zombie, Zombie.
In your hands, in your hands
Saw me, saw me.
In your head, in your head
Zombie, zombie
In your hands, in your hands
Zombie, zombie
In your head, in your head
Zombie, zombie
In your head, in your head, Dave Coulier
In your head, in your head, They are cryin'
In your head,
In your head
Salve, salve, salve
In your head, in your head
Zombie, zombie
It's all here, 't's all here, all here
Zombie, Zombie, Zombie
It's the same old thing
or
It's the same old deed.
or
It's the same old deed.
It's the same old theme.
It's the same old team since my sweet 16
It's the same old theme since 1916
It's the same old team
It's the same old theme.
Jogging, jogging
Zombie, zombie
Oh Giddyar hey! Giddyar hey!
In your head, In your head,
Salami, Salami in your hair, in your hair
Zombie, Zombie, in your head, in your head
Salve, Salve, Salve
Zombie, Zombie, Zombie
Solid egg, solid egg.
Zombie, zombie.
Someday, Someday, Someday
Zombie, Zombie, Zombie
Sorry, sorry, sorry, eh, eh
or
Let's all be, lets' all be, all be, eh eh
Zombie, zombie, zombie, eh, eh
Sunday, Sunday, Sunday
Zombie, Zombie, Zombie
T***s in your hair
In your head
Some b**ch, some b**ch
What's in your head?
In your head
Zombie, zombie
Tommy, Tommy, Tommy
Zombie, Zombie, Zombie
What's in your bread, in your bread, salami, salami
What's in your head, in your head, zombie, zombie
With their tanks, and their bums
And their bums, and they're gone
With their tanks, and their bombs
And their bombs, and their guns.
With their tapes, and their bones, and their bones, and their gums
With their tanks, and their bombs, and their bombs, and their guns
With their ties, and their bums
And their bums, and their c*nts.
or
With their tags, and their bombs
And their bombs, and their guns.
With their tanks, and their bombs
And their bombs, and their guns.
Yahweh, Yahweh, Yahweh
Zombie, Zombie, Zombie